Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1887-05-26

True, there are many Preachers who
would Ike pastorate at Plymouth
but that is not all. Taking the place
o! such a man as Henry Ward Beech
er is attended with many pecuIiarities.
He was loved by his church people to
a remarkable degree no less for his
personal character than for his ability
as a preacher. HE preaching was
strikingly original. 1t was Beecher's
ideas and thoughts always. He had
hold upon the masses perhaps never
so fully enjoyed by any other minister
of the gospel. He loved humanity.
and best of all, he could make people
believe so. The plain, common peo-
pie were never overlooked by him,
though in his church the aristocracy
Of Brooklyn worshiped. He liked
rugged characters, and it is no wonder
he was the friend Of Lincoln, Grant
and Garfield, for outside of the great
principles which these men represent
ed and which he fully endorsed, they
had personal characters which he
could not help admiring. They all
rose from the low ranks Of life and
demonstrated the grand possibilities
Of American citizenship. Beecher
liked to point out these examples to
young men.
In presenting the careers Of these
great Americans it was easy to show
the possibilities of tie boy of to-day.
Beechers boyhood life was a happy
one for he had all he necessities and
some of the luxuries OF life, and yet
when he launched out for himself he
was left TO his own resources. He
was never daunted, but with deter
mination to win, he took the first work
That presented itself. His evangelical
work, while yet a student at Cincin-
natl, was a fine drill for the work that
followed. His first church was at
Lawrenceburg, Indiana, then a quiet
river town often retarded in whatever
prosperity it might have by the over
flowing Of the Ohio. The people were
plain, industrious and honest. Few
We're rich but all lived comfortably,
for towns were much like families in
those days. If one had tat pig to
slaughter, the spare ribs and other
choice parts were passed to the neigh
bors. In those days the profit Of bar
ter and sale were not thought of as
now. SO. among such a community,
it may be said, Mr.. Beecher got a
perfect knowledge of the home life of
the masses and learned to know their
real wants. Long ago he had dwelIed
much upon the advantage to be de-
rived by the people from commercial
associations. Ia them he saw a
chance for the people to come nearer
the producer OF many necessities of
life. lfthey could save their earnings
in this way they would become pros
porous. Mr.. Beecher died a few
Wee Ks ago, mourned by the civilized
world, but had he lived until now he
would have seen a system of business
lnaugurated that actually places the
people who are the consumers next to
the producer. The middle man" is
shut clear out. This question of
political and commercial economy,
which has been discussed by our states
men for years, is now solved by plac-
teal business men under the corporate
name OF the Home knowledge Asso-
citation, - East 22d St, n. Y. We
like that name. 1t tells lust what
every household needs-Home Know
ledge. 1t Is the purpose OF the Asso-
citation to supply all kinds of books,
newspapers and magazines, and the
celebrated DR.. Gums Family Medi.
clnes, at wholesale prices. For in
stance, a few days ago bought Ben
Hur, General Wallace famous novel,
and paid $50 for it. Now. if had
been member of the Home Know
ledge Association I could have bought
the same book for 81 cents. A few
weeks ago | bought General Grants
Memoirs, which cost me 500. see
oy being a member Of the Home
knowledge Association could have
bought the same books for SS.75,
making a saving OF 1925 on a single
purchase. 1t only costs $500 to be-
come a member of the Association and
You receive certificate of member
ship at once, showing you have right
to participate in the benefits Of the
Association. That is not all. Each
month you get copy of the Home
knowledge Magazine filed with mat
tiers of unusual interest, relating TO
Preservation of Health and the Pre-
vsntion OF DISEASE, Care and Feeding Of
Infants and Children. Relative values
OF Food. the Proper Amount of Sleep,
the Best Way to Enjoy Life, besides
articles in Literature and Art, Edu.
cation, Popular Science, Answers to
Correspondents, Domestic and Social
Ecouomy. In the May number Julian
Hawthorne has an article on Hygienic
Morality, Dom Piatt writes about
Henry Ward Beecher, and DR.. Firth
tells OF the Experience Of BAld-head-
Ell Nan, bes ides other articles Of rare
interest. With each certificate of
membership for one year is furnished
a Medical aud Literary Reference
Manual which contains an elaborate
treatise on the cause and prevention
OF disease, complete description of
all books furnished, list of all news
papers and magazines from which to
make selections at less than club rates.
| was talking with one Of the officers
of the Association recently. Said he: